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APPLICATION FILED FEB. 12. I917.

Patented Aug. 5, 1919.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February :12; 1917. Serial N0.'148,'0'70.'

Motors; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of my invention .is-to provide an improved type of water motor comprismg a frame on which the 731180311161 is,-

movable so that the vane carrier may, by manual operation, or by force of obstructions, be swung into an inoperative position.

A further object is to render the frame movable so that it may be swung vertically out of the stream, carrying thevane carrie with it so as to withdraw the entire apparatus from the stream.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in perspective. Fig. 2 is an elevation taken from the .dart A, Fig. l, the full lines showing the motor immersed and the dotted lines showing it withdrawn from the stream. Fig. 3 is a top plan view. 4L and 5 are details.

In the embodiment of the invention illustrated, I employ a frame which is designed to be located adjacent the bank of a stream, such frame being of skeleton form and having uprights 2 and horizontally disposed' connecting timbers 3 and 4, the latter being arranged in pairs. The frame as a whole may be raised and lowered on a bulk-head, pier or string piece, such as 5, appropriately supported on the bank. The uprights 6 0f the pier or other supporting member form a guiding means for the frame, timbers 4 of the latter being spaced apart to receive the uprights. Roller bearings 7 are provided On vertical timbers of the frame adjacent the uprights 6 to lessen friction between the frame and the pier in raising and lowering the former. The frame is maintained in desired position in part by bolts 8 passing through timbers 4c and the uprights of the pier, and in part by ropes or cables 9 at each side of the frame, such ropes or cables passing upwardly and over sheaves 10 on the uprights 6. These cables are preferably connected with a win dless (not shown). A The bolts 8 also serve as pivots when it is desired to swing the frame upwardly through the instrumentality of the windless and cables.

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l2-designates the vanecarrier which is", I

shown as pivotally supported at one; endupon-the frame.:-l. -A circular track 13 of channel form, whichis itself bolted orother- Wise secured to the frame ,giv.es additional support to the vane carrier, rollers 14011 the underside of the latter. taking. in the; I

channel of thetrack. The vane carrier may be in any preferred form. lt is illustrated in the form of an elongated beam upon which are mounted the shaftsofa plurality of vanes 15, these shafts being cone d by suitable chains .andsprockets 16, 17, so as to transmit the power. derivedfrom .170 the current to a motor (conventionally indi cated at A),,mounted on a superposed plat-' form 18 at the inner end of the vane carrier. An additional vanel9 may be provided near the. extreme inner endof thecarrier, it, like the other vanes, being connected tothe common point of power transmissionlP-rote'cting bars 20 are suitably secured to the vane carrier, being spaced apart from the vanes,

so as to ward off the contact oflflotsam with the vanes.

Movement of the vane carrier about its pivot under the influence ofthe current is,

against the force of the current moving in the direction of the dart, Fig. 1. At the same time provision is made for the vane carrier swinging out of the path of the current into the dotted line position of Fig. 3 to allow the free movement of heavy flotsam that may encounter the motor. As this 'movement is against the force of the weight 29 the vane carrier will swing back into its normal position as soon as the obstruction is removed. If it be desired to move the vane carrier into the dotted line position of Fig. 3 it is only necessary to raise.the weight 29 which leaves the vane carrier free to swing under the force of the current. As long as the weight remains down, however, its tendency is to hold the vane carrier in the full line position of Fig. 3.

In order to raise the entire structure, that is the frame and the vane carrier 12 out of the stream power is applied to the cables 9, interfering bolts in the frame work having been firstdisconnected. The frame willthen swing about the pivots 8 into the dotted line position shown in Fig.9." If desired the vane carrier may be swung so as to lie in practical parallelism with the bank of the stream, before the f r ame is turnedon tions as very simplemean's is provided for placing the motor in or out @of operative p01 sitionfas well asiadjustin'g it vertically jacmatically' gives :rrom said frame, said carrier beingadapted for horizontal turning-ion Said. frame, a

cording-to the depth of the stream;- The vane -=carrie'r has no permanent attachment to the'bank-of the stream nor does it rest upon the bottom of the-stream. It auto rir mounted on and projecting outwardly shore support for-said frame, means for vertically-"adjusting the frame on said: shore support relative to the current, said "means; forming a plvotal connection between said;

frame and said supp'or t' to permit of the raising of said frame fromthe water.

QIIn a water motor, a? frame having horizontally'oli'sp'osed track'forrunway, a vanecarrier mountedon said track, a' shore.-

support for said frame, means for vertically adjusting said frame on said shore support relative to the current, said means forming a pivotal c'oni'iection between said frame and I said support to permit of the raising of said frame from the water.

. 3, A water motor, the combination with a circular track or runway, a vane carrier mounted on said track and adapted to swing",

horizontally in anare, said cable beingsocured to saidvane carrier, means for vertically -adjusting' said frame on said shore support relativeto the current, said means forming a plvotal connection between said frame and said support to permit of the raising of'said frame from the water. way under the pressure of 4. In a water motor, the combinationwith a shore support having a weight and a cable p secured-tosaid weight, ofa'frame pivotally 1. Inawat'er motona frame, avane carmountedon said support, and a vane carrier mounted on said frame and adapted to swing horizontally-man arc, said cable being se-. cured to said frame to swing the latter and th'e va'ne carrier in a vertical'plane out of. the streamz r In-testimony whereof I have signed this specification -in'- the'presence of two "sub scribing witnesses. 1 1 V ,tt oLA t. HOWE.

VVitnesses':

HARRY S BATEs, P. F.'?SOFFNES;

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